we are happy. how happy? happy. we are nearing 100000 hits and we are happy. USA Today will be taking a happy look at our happy website, and darn it, we are happy. will we be featured in their newspaper? we don't know. but one thing for sure is that we are happy that they are giving us a look. are you happy? if you are happy, we are happy.

on a more serious note, j. tyler blue and sean. were taken into police custody outside the Up nightclub in Washington D.C. at 4:30 in the morning not too long ago. happily it turned out to be a misunderstanding. mr. blue and sean., recognized by people who were later determined to be some of their avid fans, forced their way through a crowd to seek escape and accidentally knocked to the ground some innocent people. there were only minor scrapes and scratches. they apologized and were later released.

chi chi will be the featured author at a booksigning q&a somewhere in the northwest, sometime in the month of february. if he would like to disclose the particulars, we shall let you know.

bryan e. will be giving a special one day lecture at a prominent midwest university on the 'kafka effect' in literature. again if he would like to disclose the particulars, we shall let you know.

zink poe is currently reviewing and editing the works of two major novelists as well as finishing up her own.